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EP3447365B1
EP3447365B1 EP17786011.1A EP17786011A EP3447365B1 EP 3447365 B1 EP3447365 B1 EP 3447365B1 EP 17786011 A EP17786011 A EP 17786011A EP 3447365 B1 EP3447365 B1 EP 3447365B1
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  • the present invention relates to a vehicular lamp according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • a vehicular lamp is known from JP 2013 020709 A .
  • JP 2013 020709 A discloses a vehicular front light that has reduced the above-described discomfort.
  • vehicular lamps using horizontally long lenses of which length is shorter in the vertical direction than in the horizontal direction are required.
  • the length in the vertical direction is shortened, however, it becomes difficult to produce upper light in a light distribution pattern of a driving beam on an upper and lower sides of the lens.
  • the present invention has been made in view of these circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a vehicular lamp that produces upper light by providing a reflector to reflect light, radiated from a light source unit more downward than a lower end of a lens, upwardly through the lens, and reduce light distribution unevenness in the produced light distribution pattern.
  • the present invention provides a vehicular lamp according to independent claim 1. Preferred embodiments are defined in the dependent claims.
  • a vehicular lamp that produces upper light by providing a reflector to reflect light, radiated from a light source unit more downward than a lower end of a lens, upwardly through the lens, and reduces light distribution unevenness in the produced light distribution pattern can be provided.
  • a vehicular lamp according to the embodiment of the present invention is a vehicular front light (101R, 101L) provided on the left and right sides, respectively, at the front of a vehicle 102 illustrated in FIG. 1 , which will hereinafter simply be referred to as a vehicular lamp.
  • the vehicular lamp according to the present embodiment includes a housing (not illustrated) opened to the front of the vehicle and an outer lens (not illustrated) attached to the housing so as to cover the opening.
  • a lamp unit 10 (see FIG. 2 ) etc. are arranged in a lamp chamber formed by the housing and the outer lens.
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating a main part of the lamp unit 10.
  • an X axis indicates the horizontal direction of the vehicle 102
  • a Y axis indicates the vertical direction of the vehicle 102
  • a Z axis indicates a lens optical axis of a lens 30.0
  • the lamp unit 10 includes a semiconductor light source unit 20 which has a light emitting chip 21, the lens 30 disposed in front of the light source unit 20 and is long in the horizontal direction (the X axis direction), and a reflector 40 disposed at a position between the lens 30 and the light source unit 20 and on the lower side of the light emitting chip 21 in the vertical direction.
  • the light source unit 20 and the reflector 40 are provided on a heat sink, which is not illustrated in FIG. 2 , and the lens 30 is also attached to the heat sink via a lens holder. Therefore, only the lens 30 which is the part that performs light distribution control is illustrated in FIG. 2 . However, for example, a lens member having flanges to be held by the lens holder is formed at both ends in the horizontal direction (the X axis direction) of the lens 30 is used for the vehicular lamp.
  • the positions at which the flanges are provided are not limited to the both ends in the horizontal direction (the X axis direction). and a method for attaching the lens 30 to the lens holder is arbitrary, such as fixing an end surface of the lens 30 around the lens 30 to the lens holder, etc. and is not particularly limited.
  • the light source unit 20 includes a substrate 22 and a plurality of light emitting chips 21 arranged on the substrate 22 so as to be aligned in the horizontal direction (the X axis direction).
  • 11 light emitting chips 21 are arranged in the horizontal direction, and 11 light distribution patterns are formed by light emitted from each light emitting chip 21.
  • These 11 light distribution patterns are arranged in the horizontal direction so as to partially overlap with at least adjacent light distribution patterns, and these light distribution patterns form an overall light distribution pattern.
  • the light emitting chip 21 positioned at the center in the horizontal direction among the light emitting chips 21 aligned in the horizontal direction is a light emitting chip on the optical axis located on the lens optical axis (see the Z axis) of the lens 30.
  • the lens optical axis (see the Z axis) of the lens 30 is located between the two light emitting chips 21 on the center side, and the light emitting chip 21 is not located on the lens optical axis (see the Z axis) of the lens 30. That is, the light emitting chips 21 do not necessarily have to be positioned on the lens optical axis (see the Z axis) of the lens 30.
  • ADB Adaptive Driving Beam control of a driving beam light distribution pattern is performed by point turning on and off of some or all of the light emitting chips 21 in accordance with the positional relationship with the leading vehicle etc. In this manner, glare light with respect to a leading vehicle is reduced while radiating light forward.
  • a plurality of light emitting chips 21 are provided on a single substrate 22, but the light source unit may be formed by arranging light sources having a single light emitting chip on a single substrate arranged in a horizontal direction.
  • the semiconductor light source unit 20 in which an LED chip (light emitting diode chip) is used as the light emitting chip 21 is used in the present embodiment
  • the light emitting chip 21 is not limited to the LED chip, and an LD chip (laser diode chip) may be used. That is, the light source unit 20 may be a semiconductor light source unit using an LD chip in the light emitting chip 21.
  • the shape of the light emitting chip 21 is not particularly limited, and may be a square or a rectangular.
  • 11 light emitting chips 21 are used in the present embodiment, but the number of the light emitting chips 21 may be smaller than or greater than 11.
  • the reflector 40 may be formed by a separate member and attached to a heat sink (not illustrated), or may be integrally formed with the heat sink when forming the heat sink.
  • FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a vertical section including a lens optical axis (see the Z axis) of a main part of the lamp unit 10.
  • FIG. 3 also illustrates light (light beams) reflected on the reflector 40 among the light radiated from a light emission center O of the light emitting chip 21 (a light emitting chip on the optical axis).
  • FIG. 3 illustrates, as FIG. 2 does, only the part of the optically designed lens 30 which is a part that performs light distribution control.
  • the incident surface 31 may include a dummy surface which is not optically designed on the outsides in the vertical direction (on the upper and lower sides).
  • the surface when merely described as an "incident surface 31," the surface means an effective incident surface not including a dummy surface unless otherwise stated that an effective incident surface (an optically designed incident surface) of the incident surface 31.
  • the lens optical axis (see the Z axis) and the light emission center O of the light emitting chip 21 located at the center in the horizontal direction (the light emitting chip on the optical axis) among the light emitting chips 21 aligned in the horizontal direction match with each other.
  • dotted arrows T1 and T2 illustrated in FIG. 3 are drawn toward an upper end and a lower end of the effective incident surface of the incident surface 31 of the lens 30 on which the direct light from the light emission center O of the light emitting chip 21 located at the center in the horizontal direction (the light emitting chip on the optical axis) is incident.
  • the reflector 40 is located at a position, on the vertical cross section including the lens optical axis (see the Z axis), lower than a straight line (see a dotted arrow T1) connecting the light emission center O of the light emitting chip 21 (the light emitting chip on the optical axis) and a lower end of the effective incident surface of the incident surface 31 of the lens 30 between the lens 30 and the light source unit 20. That is, the reflector 40 is located at a position lower than a straight line in the vertical direction connecting the lower end side in the vertical direction of the effective incident surface of the lens 30 on which the direct light from the light emitting chip on the optical axis enters and the light emission center O on the optical axis.
  • the light emitting chips 21 other than the light emitting chip on the optical axis also have the same relationship, on the vertical cross section including a straight line parallel to the lens optical axis (see the Z axis) passing through the light emission center O of the light emitting chip 21, the reflector 40 is located at a position lower than a straight line in the vertical direction connecting the lower end side in the vertical direction of the effective incident surface of the lens 30 on which the direct light from the light emitting chip 21 enters and the light emission center O of the light emitting chip 21.
  • an upper end of the reflector 40 which is on the side of the light emitting chip 21 (the light emitting chip on the optical axis) which is the uppermost side in the vertical direction of the reflector 40 is located at a position lower in the vertical direction by 0.3 mm from the lower end in the vertical direction of the light emitting chip 21 (the light emitting chip on the optical axis) and an upper end of the reflector 40 is located in front of the light emitting chip 21 (the light emitting chip on the optical axis) by 1 mm.
  • Aluminum vapor deposition is performed on a reflection surface 41 that reflects light so as to increase the reflectance.
  • the reflector 40 reflects, on the reflection surface 41 thereof, light radiated more downward than a straight line (see a dotted arrow T1) connecting the light emission center O of the light emitting chip 21 (the light emitting chip on the optical axis) and a lower end of the incident surface 31 (an effective incident surface) of the lens 30 toward the incident surface 31 (an effective incident surface) of the lens 30.
  • the reflection surface 41 is formed to reflect light toward the position of the incident surface 31 of the lens 30 to be radiated with light from the light emission surface 32 on the lower side in the vertical direction (see the Y axis) of the lens optical axis (see the Z axis) of the lens 30, and the light reflected on the reflection surface 41 is radiated as upper light from the light emission surface 32 of the lens 30 and forms a light distribution pattern in a range approximately 6 degrees above a screen from a position on a substantially horizontal line on the screen.
  • the light reflected on the reflection surface 41 is originally light not incident on the effective incident surface of the lens 30 which is not used for forming the light distribution pattern.
  • the reflector 40 uses the unused light to form the upper light to improve efficiency of light utilization.
  • FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining that the reflection surface 41 reflects light radiated from the light emission center O of a light emitting chip 21 (a light emitting chip on an optical axis), in which(a) is a view illustrating a case in which the reflection surface 41 is formed by a single plane P1, (b) illustrates a case in which the reflecting surface is formed by two planes P1 and P2, and(c) is a diagram illustrating a case in which the reflecting surface is formed by a free-form curved surface FFS along a part of a surface of a free-form curved surface pillar according to the present embodiment.
  • each right diagram illustrates a state of light reflection on the reflection surface 41
  • each left diagram illustrates, by equal luminosity lines, a state of the light distribution pattern formed by light reflected on the reflection surface 41 and projected on the screen via the lens 30.
  • a VU-VL line indicates a vertical line on the screen, and an HL-HR line indicates a horizontal line on the screen.
  • the VU-VL line indicates a vertical line on the screen
  • the HL-HR line indicates the horizontal line on the screen.
  • the light emitting chip 21 located at the center in the horizontal direction (the light emitting chip on the optical axis) among the plurality of light emitting chips 21 is illustrated in FIG. 4 , states of light distribution patterns themselves of other light emitting chips 21 are the same as that illustrated in FIG. 4 . That is, as the position of the light emitting chip 21 is shifted in the horizontal direction, the position of the light distribution pattern on the screen to be formed is merely moved in the direction of the horizontal line.
  • a virtual focal point F(1) of light to be reflected on the plane P1 and a virtual focal point F(2) of light to be reflected on the plane P2 are formed to be arranged in the vertical direction on the vertical axis (see the Y axis).
  • a difference in position of the pseudo light sources in the vertical direction appears as a difference in position in which the light distribution pattern is formed in the vertical direction. Therefore, as is understood from the light distribution pattern illustrated in the left diagram of FIG. 4(b) , the light distribution patterns formed by multiplexing the light distribution patterns formed by the two pseudo light sources expands on an upper side in the vertical direction.
  • the light distribution pattern formed on the screen can be further expanded upward in the vertical direction.
  • the virtual focal points may be formed in a continuous manner to form a virtual focal line.
  • the reflection surface 41 is formed by the free-form curved surface FFS, and virtual foci F(1), F(2), ..., F (N-1), and F(N) are formed in a continuous manner on the vertical axis (see the Y axis). Therefore, a virtual focal line is formed.
  • the reflection surface 41 is formed so as to be a free-form curved surface FFS along a part of the surface of the free-form surface pillar, that is, a surface in which free-form curves are continuous in the horizontal direction.
  • the reflection surface 41 does not necessarily have to be a free-form curved surface FFS, and the reflection surface 41 only needs to be able to create a state in which a necessary number of pseudo light sources are present side by side in the vertical direction. That is, the reflection surface 41 may have a plurality of virtual focal points intersecting the vertical axis which are formed as required.
  • the reflection surface 41 when the light reflected on the reflection surface 41 is extended toward the vertical axis (see the Y axis) passing through the light emission center O of the light emitting chip 21, the reflection surface 41 forms a vertical focal line that intersects the vertical axis (see the Y axis) is described as a representative of the light emitting chip 21 that is the light emitting chip on the optical axis.
  • the reflection surface 41 becomes the same state with respect to the light emitting chips 21 other than the light emitting chip on the optical axis, and when the light of each of the light emitting chips 21 reflected on the reflection surface 41 is extended toward the vertical axis (see the Y axis) passing through the light emission center O of each light emitting chip 21, the reflection surface 41 forms a virtual focal line that intersects the vertical axis (see the Y axis).
  • the reflector 40 is located on the lower side of a straight line (see the dotted arrow T1) connecting the light emission center O of the light emitting chip 21 (the light emitting chip on the optical axis) and a lower end side of the effective incident surface of the incident surface 31 in the vertical direction.
  • the incident surface 31 including the dummy surface at least a part of the reflector 40 on the side of the lens 30 is located at a position higher than, In the vertical direction, a straight line connecting a lower end side of the incident surface 31 including the dummy surface of the lens 30 and the light emission center O of the light emitting chip 21 (the light emitting chip on the optical axis).
  • the light emitting chips 21 other than the light emitting chip on the optical axis also have the same relationship, at least a part of the reflector 40 on the side of the lens 30 is located at a position higher than, In the vertical direction, a straight line connecting a lower end side of the incident surface 31 including the dummy surface of the lens 30 and the light emission center O of the light emitting chip 21.
  • the lens 30 is made of transparent resin material such as polycyclohexylene dimethylene terephthalate (PCT), polycarbonate (PC), or an acrylic resin such as PMMA, etc. From the viewpoint of processability etc., the lens 30 is desirably made of transparent resin. Among resins, acrylic resin having small wavelength dependency of the refractive index and capable of reducing the influence of spectroscopy is desirably used.
  • the lens 30 is formed into a horizontally long shape, which is shorter in the vertical direction to fulfill recent demands.
  • the lens 30 has a vertical dimension of 30 mm ⁇ 10 mm and a horizontal direction is about 55 mm.
  • the dimension of the lens 30 in the horizontal direction is preferably 55 mm or less.
  • both of the incident surface 31 and the light emission surface 32 of the lens 30 are convex formed by free-form curved surfaces, and each the rear focal length is about 30 mm ⁇ 5 mm. Therefore, the lens 30 is attached to a heat sink (not illustrated) by a lens holder (not illustrated) so that a protruding part of the incident surface 31 to a side closest to the light source unit 20 is located approximately 30 mm forward from the light emitting chip 21 (the light emitting chip on the optical axis).
  • FIG. 5 is an explanatory view of a light distribution pattern on a screen formed by light from the light emitting chip 21 located at the horizontal center (the light emitting chip on an optical axis), in which(a) is a diagram illustrating a light distribution pattern formed by the light reflected on the reflector 40,(b) is a diagram illustrating a light distribution pattern formed by direct light, and(c) is a diagram illustrating a light distribution pattern formed by light from the light emitting chip 21 (a light emitting chip on the optical axis) in which the light distribution patterns of (a) and (b) are multiplexed.
  • the change in luminosity in the vertical direction at the center in the horizontal direction of the light distribution pattern is also illustrated on the left side.
  • FIG. 5(a) extends upward in the vertical direction from the light distribution pattern illustrated in FIG. 4(c) .
  • FIG. 4(c) illustrates a light distribution pattern formed by light emitted from the light emission center O of the light emitting chip 21 (the light emitting chip on the optical axis)
  • FIG. 5(a) illustrates a light distribution pattern formed by light radiated from the entire light emitting surface and reflected on the reflector 40.
  • the light distribution pattern illustrated in FIG. 5(c) is a pattern before the lens 30 is subject to improvement for reducing light distribution unevenness described later.
  • the light distribution pattern (see FIG. 5(c) ) formed by light from the light emitting chip 21 (the light emitting chip on the optical axis) is formed by superposing a light distribution pattern formed by the light reflected on the above-described reflector 40 and incident on the lens 30 (see FIG. 5(a) ) and a light distribution pattern formed by direct light incident on the lens 30 directly from the light emitting chip 21 (the light emitting chip on the optical axis) (see FIG. 5(b) ).
  • the lens 30 performs light distribution control to reduce such occurrence of light distribution unevenness, which will be described in detail below.
  • FIG. 6 is an explanatory view of light distribution control for reducing uneven light distribution of the lens 30.
  • the right diagram is a sectional view of a vertical cross section similar to that of FIG. 3 and illustrates direct light incident on the lens 30 from the light emitting chip 21 (the light emitting chip on optical axis).
  • the left diagram illustrates a light distribution pattern formed by direct light incident on the lens 30 from the light emitting chip 21 (the light emitting chip on optical axis) illustrated on the right diagram.
  • the lens 30 is arranged such that the first direct light (see the light beam LM) on the lens optical axis (see the Z axis) from the light emitting chip 21 (the light emitting chip on the optical axis) on the lens optical axis (see the Z axis) is radiated upward at a portion of the light emission surface 32 which intersects the lens optical axis (see the Z axis). More specifically, the light distribution control is performed so that the first direct light from the light emitting chip 21 passing through the lens optical axis (see the Z axis) is radiated on the screen by about 3.5 degrees above the horizontal line.
  • the lens 30 may perform light distribution control of first direct light (see the light beam LM) on the lens optical axis (see the Z axis) from the point light source upward at the light emission surface 32.
  • the reflected light reflected on the reflection surface 41 of the reflector 40 in the most vertical direction via the lens 30 is radiated on the screen toward about 6 degrees above the horizontal line. Therefore, the first direct light (see the light beam LM) from the light emitting chip 21 (the light emitting chip on the optical axis) passing through the lens optical axis (see the Z axis) is radiated upward, while is radiated on the lower side in the vertical direction than the light reflected on the reflection surface 41 and radiated most upward from the light emission surface 32 of the lens 30.
  • the lens 30 is configured to perform light distribution control for radiating the first direct light (see the light beam LM) on the light emission surface 32 within the range in the vertical direction on the screen on which the light reflected on the reflection surface 41 of the reflector 40 is to be radiated.
  • the same light distribution control is performed not only with the light from the light emitting chip 21 located at the center in the horizontal direction illustrated in FIG. 6 (the light emitting chip on the optical axis), but also with the light from other light emitting chips 21. Therefore, when designing a plurality of point light sources arranged on a horizontal cross section including the lens optical axis (see the Z axis) in terms of design, the lens 30 of the present embodiment is formed to perform light distribution control of the first direct light group on the horizontal cross section including the lens optical axis (see the Z axis) from the plurality of point light sources upward on the light emission surface 32, and the light traveling toward the portion of the light emission surface 32 on the horizontal line that intersects the lens optical axis (see the Z axis) from the light emission center O of each light emitting chip 21 is subject to light distribution control upward at the portion of the light emission surface 32 on the horizontal line that intersects the lens optical axis (see the Z axis). More specifically, the lens 30 is formed such that the surface
  • the light radiated from the light emission surface 32 on the horizontal line intersecting the lens optical axis enters the incident surface 31 substantially rightly from each light emitting chip 21, passes through the lens 30 almost rightly, and is radiated substantially rightly forward from the light emission surface 32.
  • the light radiated without much refraction by the lens 30 has high controllability with respect to the change of the surface, and can be radiated upward by the surface control in the minute section.
  • the light radiated from the light emission surface 32 on the horizontal line intersecting the lens optical axis is desirably controlled to be radiated upward.
  • a light distribution pattern expanded slightly upward in the vertical direction slightly higher as compared with the state of the light distribution pattern illustrated in FIG. 5(b) is formed.
  • the light distribution pattern formed by multiplexing the light distribution pattern formed by direct light from the light emitting chip 21 (the light emitting chip on the optical axis) illustrated in the left diagram of FIG. 6 and the light distribution pattern formed by the light reflected on the reflector 40 illustrated in FIG. 5(a) becomes the light distribution pattern illustrated in FIG. 7 .
  • the right diagram illustrates the light distribution pattern on the screen with equal luminosity lines
  • the left diagram illustrates changes in luminosity in the vertical direction at the horizontal center of the light distribution pattern.
  • the light distribution pattern illustrated in the right diagram of FIG. 7 is substantially the same as the light distribution pattern illustrated in the right diagram of FIG. 5(c) .
  • the left diagram of FIG. 7 with the left diagram of FIG. 5(c)
  • light distribution unevenness as illustrated by the circled portion B in FIG. 5(c) does no more exist in the left diagram of FIG. 7 , indicating that luminosity is improved.
  • the lens 30 performs the light distribution control of radiating the light upward regarding light radiated from the portion of the light emission surface 32 on the horizontal line intersecting the lens optical axis (see the Z axis) in the same manner, the lens 30 also performs light distribution control for radiating light upward about the light from other light emitting chips 21 than the light emitting chip on the optical axis. Therefore, the light distribution pattern formed by the direct light from the light emitting chip 21 other than the light emitting chip on the optical axis is also the light distribution pattern that is the same as that of the light distribution pattern formed by direct light from the light emitting chip on the optical axis merely by shifting the position in the horizontal direction on the screen.
  • the light distribution patterns formed by the light from the plurality of light emitting chips 21 are arranged in the horizontal direction and partly overlap one another and form a light distribution pattern as a vehicular lamp.
  • micro diffusion elements 31a and micro diffusion elements 32a are provided on the incident surface 31 and the light emission surface 32 in the lens 30 of the present embodiment.
  • the micro diffusion elements 31a and the micro diffusion elements 32a will be briefly described.
  • micro diffusion elements 32a that are raised strips that extend in the vertical direction (the Y axis direction) are formed in succession in the horizontal direction (the X axis direction) on the light emission surface 32.
  • Each of the micro diffusion elements 32a has a semi-cylindrical prism shape, so the light emission surface 32 has the shape of a series of gently wavy asperities in the horizontal direction (the X axis direction).
  • micro diffusion elements 32a that are raised strips that extend in the horizontal direction (the X axis direction) are formed in succession in the vertical direction (the Y axis direction) on the incident surface 31. Therefore, the vertical cross section of the incident surface has asperities.
  • the micro diffusion elements 31a may be provided on the entire incident surface 31 including the dummy surface or may be provided only on the effective incident surface of the incident surface 31 not including the dummy surface.
  • Each of the micro diffusion elements 31a formed on the incident surface 31 has a shape like a semi-circular prism, so that gradual wave-like asperities appear continuously in the vertical direction (the Y axis direction) on the light emission surface 32.
  • micro diffusion elements 31a and micro diffusion elements 32a When such micro diffusion elements 31a and micro diffusion elements 32a are provided, light incident from the incident surface 31 expands in the vertical direction (the Y axis direction), so the formed light distribution pattern is blurred in the vertical direction (the Y axis direction), and light emitted from the light emission surface 32 expands in the horizontal direction (the X axis direction), so the formed light distribution pattern is blurred in the horizontal direction (the X axis direction). In this way, the light distribution pattern formed by each light emitting chip 21 is respectively blurred, so streaks due to a difference in luminosity may appear at the boundary lines of the overlapping light distribution patterns do not tend to occur.
  • each of the micro diffusion elements 32a formed on the light emission surface 32 has curved inclination as it inclines upward from the front side to the rear side on the upper side in the vertical direction (the Y axis direction) with reference to the position of the horizontal line intersecting the lens optical axis (see the Z axis) of the lens 30, and has curved inclination as it inclines downward from the front side toward the rear side on the lower side of the lens 30 in the vertical direction (the Y axis).
  • the micro diffusion elements 32a formed on the light emission surface 32 are desirably such that the width of the raised strips becomes smaller toward the vertical outsides (on the upper and the lower sides) with reference to the position of the horizontal line that intersects the lens optical axis (see the Z axis). That is, the micro diffusion elements 32a formed on the light emission surface 32 are desirably formed such that the width of the semi-cylindrical prism shape gradually smaller from the position of the horizontal line intersecting the lens optical axis (see the Z axis) toward the upper and the lower sides in the vertical direction.
  • both end portions of an arc-shaped cross-section of the micro diffusion elements 32a are corrected in the direction for radiating the light upward as it goes toward the upper side in the vertical direction of the lens 30, so the ends of the light distribution pattern are inhibited from dropping downward.
  • the micro diffusion elements 32a are formed such that both end portions of the arc-shaped cross-section are corrected in the direction in which light is radiated downward increasingly toward the lower side of the lens 30, so the ends of the light distribution pattern are inhibited from rising upward. Therefore, a good light distribution pattern in which no dropping or rising occurs at both ends of the light distribution pattern is able to be formed.
  • the light reflected on the reflection surface 41 of the reflector 40 is reflected toward the position of the incident surface 31 of the lens 30 to be radiated with light from the light emission surface 32 below the lens optical axis (see the Z axis) of the lens 30 in the vertical direction (see the Y axis). Therefore, the reflection surface 41 reflects light toward the lower side in the vertical direction of the incident surface 31.
  • light distribution of the reflection surface 41 is basically designed such that the light reflected on the reflection surface 41 is emitted from the light emission surface 32 on the lower side of the lens optical axis (see the Z axis) of the lens 30 in the vertical direction (see the Y axis).
  • a part of the light reflected on the reflection surface 41 may be emitted from the light emission surface 32 on the upper side of the lens optical axis (see the Z axis) in the vertical direction (see the Y axis) due to variations, etc. on the reflection surface 41.
  • the micro diffusion elements 31a on the incident surface 31 expand the light in the vertical direction. Therefore, when the light reflected on the reflection surface 41 is incident on the incident surface 31 and widely diffused in the vertical direction by the micro diffusion elements 31a, a part of the diffused light is radiated toward the light emission surface 32 (the light emission surface 32 on the horizontal line intersecting the optical axis of the lens) that distributes the first direct light group including the above first direct light upward.
  • the micro diffusion elements 31a provided on the incident surface 31 are desirably formed so as not to be radiated from the light emission surface 32 on the horizontal line where the light reflected on the reflector 40 crosses the lens optical axis (see the Z axis).
  • the micro diffusion elements 31a on the incident surface 31 are located at least in a range from the height position (the height position in the vertical direction) of the lens optical axis (see the Z axis) to the lower side, a protrusion height of the raised micro diffusion elements 31a is reduced from the height position of the lens optical axis toward the lower end side of the lens 30, and the diffusion amount of the micro diffusion elements 31a at the position of the incident surface 31 at which the light reflected on the reflector 40 is incident is reduced.

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